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aleksander

bluespar wrote: »

Has anyone got a way to get cheaper tickets for leaving London in the evening peak? St Pancras - Market Harborough is £48 anytime single - could there be a through ticket from the other side of London that might include that in an offpeak fare?

I don't know what time you normally travel and if you always travel at the same time, then you can save by splitting tickets. However, if you frequently travel at different times then the trains tend to stop at different places on the way, so this may prove inconvenient.

For example:
Split at Luton Airport Parkway: £11.50 Anytime Day Single + £18.30 Anytime Day Single = £29.80
Split at Luton: £11.90 Off Peak Day Single + £18.30 Anytime Day Single = £30.20
Split at Bedford: £17.90 Off Peak Day Single + £14.10 Off Peak Day Single = £32

Some peak trains also have advance fares of £30 single which is similar, so if you book in advance and it is on the train(s) you travel on, then you may wish to consider this.
Hope this may be of use.

greenface

can someone give me advice //traveling to london(euston) from liverpool(lime street) fri 15/5/09(about 11.00ish) returning 17/05/09 leaving euston (14.00ish) best price i can find is £44 return from virgin off internet which is a good price but is it the best. Virtual bottle of beer on its way, thanks

omelette451

greenface wrote: »

can someone give me advice //traveling to london(euston) from liverpool(lime street) fri 15/5/09(about 11.00ish) returning 17/05/09 leaving euston (14.00ish) best price i can find is £44 return from virgin off internet which is a good price but is it the best. Virtual bottle of beer on its way, thanks

For the outward journey there is currently £8 advance single on most trains that day (including the 10.48 and 11.48 VT services). The return is more problematic because it's a Sunday and advance tickets aren't released this far in advance for weekend journeys. You could book the outward portion now (it won't go down in price but may go up) and the return bit later, but obviously you have to consider that there is a small risk that you won't get a cheap fare coming back.

If you want surety now the best option is to get a London Midland 'super off-peak' return ticket for £22 which is an open ticket valid on any off-peak service (which for you would be 10.04 from LIV on the 15th and 13.50/14.50 from EUS on the 17th. This is slower than the VT route though, and if it were me I'd probably take the other option, given that there is still ages before you go.

northernlass_2

I would be really grateful for some help please,
My daughter needs to be in London, Kensington from 11am on the 8th March for auditions for camp america. we will be travelling from Durham but will be returning the same day due to work and college commitments, can anyone help me get the price down from £210 return between us, we just dont have that kind of money. Thank you

Strump

The manchester - Carlisle split ticket works... there are a variety of savings depending on when booked but split at lancaster...

alanrowell

northernlass wrote: »

I would be really grateful for some help please,
My daughter needs to be in London, Kensington from 11am on the 8th March for auditions for camp america. we will be travelling from Durham

Can't be done, there aren't any early trains on the 8th and the earliest you can get to London is around midday or just after 11:00am if you drive to Leeds to catch a train

money_saving_andy

hi there im new to this have been reading for a while but never posted.
i was just wanting to ask about splitting tickets between montrose to london as im planning on heading down on the 10th of march and returning on the sixteen. Im able to search for the tickets myself but would anyone be able to suggest good station if any to split tickets at.
Thanks in advance
andy

alanrowell

Try looking at where the train stops. Most direct trains will stop at Edinburgh, Newcastle, York & Peterborough

On the NXEC website, fill in your details then when you get a list of trains click on the little information icon which will give you a little window with the start and end points along with travel times and ticket information. There's also a box that says "show all calling points". Click on that to get the details of where and when it stops.

Then start breaking the trip down into separate sections and finding the cost per section

Roland

dzug1 wrote: »

The cheapest walk on return fare is £48.90, so presumably what you have got is 'cheap' singles each way. If so you are unlikely to better it by split ticketing - but Sheffield and Derby are worth a shot just in case.

The other possibility is via Manchester - as it's (mainly) not Cross Country trains cheapies may be easier to come by.

I was going to post the same. I have already travelled the opposite from Leeds to Birmingham with split tickets last year.

The fare depends on when you are travelling and for how long, the biggest savings can be made on day returns. Derby and Sheffield are the best places for the splits because all trains on this route stop at these stations.

CrossCountry seem to have axed all advanced fares on their peak time trains. This means that there is only one peak time fare return between Leeds and Birmingham, £84.00. I had managed to cut this down to just £32.70 with spilts at Sheffield and Derby fro a day return. An all off-peak split return is £28.70.

sarahjjj_2

Hi, was wondering if anyone could help me find a cheap train fare?
I need to travel from Birmingham New Street to Hull on the 10th April, returning on the 17th April.
(Preferably starting each of the journeys after 12pm)

I can't find anything less than £41 (This is for a return, singles are £35, EACH! which is stupid, because I've had singles for £11 before), which quite frankly, I resent paying!

I've tried looking for New Street-Leeds. Leeds-Hull
New Street, Manchester. Manchester, Hull
New Street, Sheffield. Sheffield, Hull.

But with no luck.
Any help appreciated!
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